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At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.- Hector Berlioz

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.- Confucius

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.- Joseph Addison

His modesty amounts to deformity.- Margot Asquith

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.- Oliver Goldsmith

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of thosewho cannot understand its grounds.- Jean Rostand

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise -and pass by.- Andre Maurois

Good taste is the modesty of the mind;that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.- Delphine de Girardin

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others;it make us vain,in fact, of our modesty.- Louis Kronenberger

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.- Major Taylor

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature;which one would think,might dispose us to modesty.- Jeremy Collier

Some are blessed with musical ability,others with good looks.Myself, I was blessed with modesty.- Roger Moore

"Sex" is as important as eating or drinking and weought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied withas little restraint or false modesty as the other.- Marquis de Sade

True it is that covetousness is rich,modesty starves.- John Milton

As in all his subsequent dealings with France,Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.- Wilfred Burchett

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause,find out if he abides criticism.- Franz Grillparzer

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.- Herodotus

Modesty is the color of virtue.- Diogenes of Sinope

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.- Max Beerbohm

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty;but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.- Bernard Barton

I wish I had invented blue jeans.They have expression, modesty, sex appeal,simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.- Yves Saint Laurent

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman,so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.- Jonathan Swift

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points ofholy magnificence and holy modesty;round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.- Charles Williams

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty.If it be so, let the modesty succumb.It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.- Harriet Martineau

It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -not even modesty.Naturally a sentence is only your opinion;and you are not the Pope.- Paul Goodman

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute.No more.- Linda Chavez

No education can be of true advantage to young womenbut that which trains them up in humble industry,in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.- William Law

I do not believe in sex distinction in literature,law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtueare more becoming to women than to men,but wish we had more of it everywhere.- Belva Lockwood

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing,I have never thought of legacy at all.I am always grateful if people like what I have done.A legacy is something no one can forsee.- Tom Glazer

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty;but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.- Bruce Barton

Modesty is my best quality.- Jack Benny

Modesty is the conscience of the body.- Honore de Balzac

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.- John Kenneth Galbraith

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.- Lord Chesterfield

In all modesty, we must admit that governments arenot always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosingeconomic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.- Kim Campbell

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children.Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.- Jean Jacques Rousseau

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence,but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.- Joseph Addison

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.- Robert South

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.- Richard Brinsley Sheridan

It isn't false modesty when I say this,but although I am supposed to be a famous person itdoesn't mean anything to me.I just sit at home and work.- Gyorgy Legeti

Modesty forbids what the law does not.- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

One of the problems with sex education...is that it also strips kids - especially girls -of their modesty to have every detail of anatomy,physiology and condom usage made explicit.- James Dobson

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty...but I am too busy thinking about myself.- Edith Sitwell

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans:the most spectacular,the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant.They have expression, modesty, sex appeal,simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.- Yves Saint Laurent

Our life is half natural and half technological.Half-and-half is good.You cannot deny that high-tech is progress.We need it for jobs.Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war.So we must have a strong human element to keep modesty and natural life.- Nam June Paik

Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue;it is built upon shame,a passion in our nature, and may be either good orbad according to the actions performed from that motive.- Bernard de Mandeville

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity,modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit;and there is no true beauty without the signaturesof these graces in the very countenance.- Arthur Helps

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties.I knew I was destined for great things.People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest.I agree.Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way -I hope it never will.- Arnold Schwarzenegger

Conceit spoils the finest genius.There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long;even if it is,the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one,and the great charm of all power is modesty.- Louisa May Alcott

You have a good many little gifts and virtues,but there is no need of parading them,for conceit spoils the finest genius.There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long,and the great charm of all power is modesty.- Louisa May Alcott

Be merciful, moderate, and modest.- Lao Tzu

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man.Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.- Winston Churchill

No person who is well bred, kind and modest is ever offensively plain;all real deformity means want for manners or of heart.- John Ruskin

A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.- Edgar Watson Howe

I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we'vemade a very modest movie.- Walter Hill

The modest person is usually admired,if people ever hear of them.- Edgar Watson Howe

Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit;few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.- Marquis De Vauvenargues

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements,where all are good who are not criminal and all arewise who are not ridiculously otherwise.- Frank Moore Colby

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a yearbut continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.- Franz Beckenbauer

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.- Confucius

Although I grew up in very modest and challenging circumstances,I consider my life to be immeasurably rich.- Sonia Sotomayor

Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system,I do take the position that we should just end the Fed.- Ron Paul

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.- Lakhdar Brahimi